Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
OpenLDAP is an open source suite of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols for accessing directory services.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP slapd daemon processed certain network messages. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted request that would crash the slapd daemon.
(CVE-2008-2952)
Users of openldap should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected
compat-openldap on CentOS 4
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2952 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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